2009 Event Speakers

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  Eleanor Clift

  Contributing Editor, Newsweek

  Eleanor Clift became a contributing editor in September 1994. She writes on the Washington power structure, the influence of women in politics and other issues.  She is currently assigned to follow the jockeying over policy and politics in the Democratic-controlled Congress, and the contenders for the 2008  presidential nomination in both the Republican and Democratic parties.  Clift also writes a weekly column on Newsweek.com entitled "Capitol Letter" where she analyzes the political news of the week.

  Formerly Newsweek's White House correspondent, Clift also served as congressional and political correspondent for six years. She was a keymember of the magazine's 1992 election team, following the campaign of Bill Clinton from its start to inauguration day. In June 1992 she was named deputy Washington bureau chief.

  As a reporter in Newsweek's Atlanta bureau, Clift covered Jimmy Carter's bid for the presidency. She followed Carter to Washington to become Newsweek's White House correspondent, a position she held until 1985. Clift began her career as a secretary to Newsweek's National Affairs editor in New York. She was one of the first women at the magazine to move from secretary to reporter.

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